But while the rest of the anglers are arguing, I’m packing up my one bass lure—a soft plastic stick bait— and I’m going fishing. Renowned for its unmatched versatility, subtle action ...

But there’s one bait I keep coming back to because it flat-out works: the soft plastic stick bait. It’s not flashy, it’s not complicated, and it doesn’t need to be. This lure gets bites ...

That’s where I learned the importance of having the best crappie lures. I learned that almost any lure could work when you landed on a mega school of the silvery speckled panfish. But I also ...

The standard Ned rig is a mushroom jig head paired with a 3-inch stick bait. While you can thread practically any soft plastic lure onto the jig head, there’s something special about this simple rig’s ...